October 2025 Monthly Weather Summary

Описание: October 2025 Monthly Weather Summary

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The month of October kicked off warm and dry, with highs 5-10 degrees above normal for the time of year. Moisture quickly started to return, with even some very light early season snow at the highest elevations. Much cooler, even below seasonal, temperatures filled in for the end of the first week, with a short lived return to sunshine. We also saw our first freezes of the season at this point as well. Temperatures gradually warmed through the beginning of the second week of the month, but a large change was on the way. By the end of the second week of the month, deep and abundant tropical moisture associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Priscilla made its way into eastern Utah and western Colorado, drenching most locations. Areas in central-eastern Utah and central-western Colorado saw 1-2 inches of rain during this period, and some locations in the southern San Juan mountains saw upwards of 5-6 inches. This rain ultimately resulted in flooding for the southern valleys, with Vallecito and Pagosa Springs hit especially hard. The gage on the San Juan River in downtown Pagosa Springs jumped from below Action Stage to above Major Flood Stage over the course of a 12 hour period, and flooding in Vallecito prompted evacuations that lasted over a week. And unfortunately, another round of heavy rain, courtesy of Tropical Storm Raymond, added to the totals, though flooding was minor in comparison to that of days earlier. Luckily, once the rain finally stopped around the 15th, conditions dried out considerably. High pressure built in and stayed around, bringing sunshine and near to above normal temperatures through the end of the month.

The month of October was generally warmer than normal, with eight of the ten automated weather observation stations located at airports across eastern Utah and western Colorado finishing the month with above normal mean temperatures. Mean temperature departures ranged from 1.2F to 3.5F above normal. The highest temperature recorded at any of the ten sites was 89F at Canyonlands Airport, near Moab, UT, on the 3rd. The coldest temperature recorded at any of the ten sites was 15F, which occurred at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport on the 28th and 29th. The month was generally wetter than normal, with eight of the ten automated weather observation stations finishing the month with above normal precipitation totals. Precipitation totals departures ranged from 0.13 inches below normal to a whopping 2.85 inches above normal. The most precipitation fell at Durango-La Plata County Airport, where the month-end total of 4.26 inches was 2.85 inches above normal. The least precipitation fell at Vernal Airport, where the month-end total of 0.94 inches was 0.13 inches below normal.

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Please note that all data mentioned is collected from our automated observing stations from 10 different airports across eastern Utah and western Colorado. Some of our cooperative observers in more remote areas may have measured warmer or colder temperatures, or more or less precipitation than what was mentioned in this summary.

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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Grand Junction, CO